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Skype investor says firm should stay independent

A top shareholder in Skype has said it wants to see the fast-growing internet telecoms software firm stay independent after a report of failed takeover talks with media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

Reuters reports in The New York Times (8 August) that an executive of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a Californian venture capital firm, which owns between 10 and 20 percent of Skype, says the company is worth much more.

Reuters says that on the internet, Skype is regarded as one of the biggest threats for telecoms operators. Founded just two years ago, it already counts more than 48 million registered users.

Britain's Independent on Sunday reported that News Corporaton had approached Skype with an offer of just under US$3 billion. The paper said talks had collapsed but added Skype could be taken over shortly, without citing sources.

Skype was co-founded by Swedish businessmen Niklas Zennstrom, who also created Kazaa, the file-sharing software that allows users to download music from the Internet for free and caused much pain to record companies.

Reuters says in the NYT report that several European telecoms groups including Deutsche Telekom , France Telecom, Swisscom and BT Group have already started adopting VoIP to retain customers and stop hemorrhaging revenue.